Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-05-18
WHAT KILLSAMERICANS:;
Fast tLiving-Reclkless Eatiug-Hard Drinlke
ing-Poor SlecpiIG-SOciaI Jealousy.i
Political Arnbition-Violout Passions !
The Race for Money.

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The Race for Money.
The alarming disease OF this
country is nervous debility and
prostration. . It goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu-
tions for nervous9atients are
crowded. The average Of life
in the United States is de.
creasing every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are so
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority of sui
cides, committed without ap-
parent reason, OF under so-called
"depression of spirits,'' y are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is fruitful
source of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life Of
the nation. They assan the
springs of its power and pros
perity. They wresk manhood's
strength and woman's useful
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they? The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and dl.ia!'ing; the in
tense mental and physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and STRUGGLES Of pow
erty; the use Of narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and I'LL tire lunatic asylurns
and the grave, ards.
The diseas;. from which we
suffer and die IS, il plain Eng
lish, Nereo3.s 2,,egosia, as it
is seated in tie !. h.vlves and in
the organs q -tatlo,l Assim-
lation arl'l 4 Nutrition. Healthy
digestion beng i.Ape ed OF des-
troyed, TIE whole BODY, nerves
included, is 7stcs'cIf 55arved;
even when there Is 10 enact
alton to tell tlle sal. story.
Nervous pros; ion sends
out its waru :n.ss:: headache
in the morning; 8 persisten;
dull heavircss OF aching at the
base Of the brain; wakefulness
loss ofapps te a: : ~iisgust with
food; loss o: III ii cnergy and
interest in oi'.ii5sa,y duties and
business; rest tiescl.css and anx-
iety without any assignable
reason; el't:cttations; bad
breath; foul Mucous on the
teeth; occasional giddiness;
palpitation Of the heart; sal
lowness of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure of
strength ard ambition.
The remedy IS & total aban-
donment OF tie habits and GUS
toms which caase the disease
in each individual case, and the
use Of Shaker Eat,'act Of Roots
(Seigel's Syrup to cure the
mischief already done, This
great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community OF Mt. Leb-
anon, n. Y, is eSi i,ccially adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
pepsia. TO do this it acts
directly and gently but power
fully upon the tiisordered stom-
ach, liver and kidneys, restor-
ing their tone and vigor, pro-
noting the secretion Of bile, ex-
pelling waste matters from the
system, and purifying the blood.
Upon the nervous system
Shaker Eatract(Seigel'sSyrup)
acts as a safe and wholesome
anodyne without the slightest
narcotic effect, and then leaves
the nerves to regain their nat
ural tone and strength through
its wonderful influence upon
the function Of nutrition.
1t is safe to say more nerv-
GUS dyspeptics have been re-
stored by it from the depths
of misery to q fresh enjoyment
of life and labor than by any